2016 Euro Final: Portugal Shocks France

Trending News: Not Even Sorcery Was Able To Stop Portugal From Winning The Euro Final

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Why Is This Important?

Because they won despite the attack of the moths.

Long Story Short

Portugal pulled out an insane 1-0 victory at the Euro final and weren't hindered by what seemed like some sort of moth sorcery.

Long Story

Hate on soccer all you want, but it’s without a doubt one of the best sports for underdog stories, especially lately. From the when pigs fly unlikeliness of Leicester City winning the Premier League to the tiny country of Iceland who knocked out England and nearly made it to the Euro final, soccer (O.G. football) is for underdog lovers. And today was no different.

Portugal pulled off an incredible upset against favored France with a 1-0 upset, and somehow it was able to do it without Cristiano Ronaldo, the best football player in the universe (or second best depending on your feelings towards fraudster Leo Messi). In the second half, Ronaldo went down with a devastating injury. He tried to come back, but was hauled off by stretcher, not looking too happy about life.

We in North America love to criticize soccer players for crying all the time (and soccer in general) — and they definitely do — but you’d probably cry too if you are your team’s best hope and had to sit out one of the biggest matches of your life.

Absolutely gutted for Ronaldo.
Legend of the game robbed of his biggest game.
You can see what this means to him. pic.twitter.com/GBArlAdGAV

But while Twitter kindly showed an outpouring of support for Ronaldo from both teams, the moment will be remembered for another made-for-the-internet reason. While Ronaldo was on the ground in agony, the cameras caught a moth fluttering around Ronaldo's teary eye. The moth has predictably been given the Twitter user treatment and the moment crystallized in meme history.